Vidya Gangadin
Vidya Gangadin was an at-large member of the Jersey City Public Schools Board of Education in New Jersey. Gangadin assumed office in 2012. Gangadin left office in 2018.
Gangadin ran for re-election for an at-large seat of the Jersey City Public Schools Board of Education in New Jersey. Gangadin lost in the general election on November 6, 2018.
In 2015, Gangadin ran as part of a candidate slate called "Education Matters" with incumbent Marilyn Roman and challenger John Reichart.[1] All three members of the slate won election to the board.[2]
Elections
2018
General election
General election for Jersey City Public Schools Board of Education At-large (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Jersey City Public Schools Board of Education At-large on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Marilyn Roman (Nonpartisan) | 21.9 | 26,161 |
| ✔ |  | Mussab Ali (Nonpartisan) | 19.0 | 22,667 |
| ✔ | Joan Terrell-Paige (Nonpartisan) | 17.2 | 20,573 | |
 | Vidya Gangadin (Nonpartisan) | 11.2 | 13,379 | |
| Dominique Smith (Nonpartisan) | 11.0 | 13,100 | ||
| Neil Abadie (Nonpartisan) | 9.1 | 10,875 | ||
 | Natalia Ioffe (Nonpartisan) | 5.7 | 6,801 | |
 | Asmaa Abdalla (Nonpartisan) | 4.8 | 5,698 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 241 | ||
| Total votes: 119,495 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- John Hanussak (Nonpartisan)
- Yousef Saleh (Nonpartisan)
2015
Opposition
Three of the nine seats on the Jersey City Public Schools Board of Education were up for general election on November 3, 2015. The election was held at large.[3] The seats of incumbents Marilyn Roman, Vidya Gangadin and Sangeeta Ranade were on the ballot.[4]
Ranade did not file to run for re-election, guaranteeing at least one new member would join the board. Roman and Gangadin won re-election, while John Reichart joined the board. They defeated challenger Gina Verdibello.[2][5] Gangadin, Roman and Reichart ran together as a slate called "Education Matters."[6]
Results
| Jersey City Board of Education, At-large, General Election, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Marilyn Roman Incumbent |
27.3% | 6,728 |
| John Reichart |
25.7% | 6,356 |
| Vidya Gangadin Incumbent |
25.6% | 6,324 |
| Gina Verdibello | 21.4% | 5,277 |
| Total Votes | 24,685 | |
| Source: Office of the Hudson County Clerk, "General Election Official Results," accessed November 23, 2015 | ||
Funding
Gangadin ran as part of the "Education Matters" slate, which reported $20,649.00 in contributions and $3,864.59 in expenditures to the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission in the election.[7]
The first campaign finance reporting deadline was October 5, 2015. Candidates had to file another report on October 23, 2015, and the last report was due November 23, 2015.[8]
Endorsements
Gangadin was endorsed by the Jersey City Education Association (JCEA).[9]
2012
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Marilyn Roman |
20.5% | 4,501 | |
| Nonpartisan | Vidya Gangadin |
19.2% | 4,220 | |
| Nonpartisan | Sangeeta Ranade |
17.1% | 3,762 | |
| Nonpartisan | Gerald M. Lyons | 13.5% | 2,968 | |
| Nonpartisan | Frank Lorenzo | 11.3% | 2,490 | |
| Nonpartisan | Amanda Khan | 10.8% | 2,370 | |
| Nonpartisan | DeJon Morris | 5.6% | 1,233 | |
| Nonpartisan | Jayson H. Burg | 1.9% | 415 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.1% | 20 | |
| Total Votes | 21,979 | |||
| Source: Hudson County, New Jersey, "2012 School Board Election," accessed October 28, 2013 | ||||
Recent news
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See also
- Jersey City Public Schools, New Jersey
- Jersey City Public Schools elections (2015)
- Jersey City Public Schools elections (2018)
- Incumbency no guarantee of success in Nov. 3 school board elections (November 6, 2015)
- What happened in Nov.'s top board elections? (November 4, 2015)
External links
- Jersey City Public Schools
- Office website
- Campaign website
- Campaign Facebook page
- Campaign Twitter page
Footnotes
- ↑ Education Matters, "Home," accessed October 20, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Office of the Hudson County Clerk, "Election Results," accessed November 3, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "2015 General Election Timeline," accessed January 29, 2015
- ↑ Hudson County, New Jersey, "2012 School Board Election," accessed October 28, 2013
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission, "Candidate Search: REICHART GANGADIN & ROMAN," accessed November 24, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission, "2015 Reporting Dates," accessed July 21, 2015
- ↑ Hudson County View, "JCEA endorses Reichart, Gangadin and Roman for Nov. 3 Jersey City BOE race," September 25, 2015
| Jersey City Public Schools elections in 2018 | |
| Hudson County, New Jersey | |
| Election date: | November 6, 2018 |
| Important information: | What was at stake? |
